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Ebenezer Zane, the namesake of the Trace commemorated on stone trail marker at National Road Museum in Norwich, Ohio Map of Zane's Trace along with canals and national roads in Ohio, 1923 Zane's Trace is a frontier road constructed under the direction of Col. Ebenezer Zane through the Northwest Territory of the United States, in what is now the ...
Zane's Trace in shown in southern Ohio. Zane's Tracts were three parcels of land in the Northwest Territory of the United States, later Ohio, that the federal government granted to Ebenezer Zane late in the 18th century, as compensation for establishing a road with ferry service over several rivers.
Founded by Joseph Turner in 1808, Rushville is one of the earliest settlements in Fairfield County and stands south of the original Zane's Trace road constructed by Colonel Ebenezer Zane in 1797. Zane's Trace ran from Wheeling, WV to Maysville, KY and was the first road into Ohio and lead to the establishment of the first towns in the interior ...
Ebenezer Zane received approval from Congress in May 1797 to cut a trail from Wheeling, in what was then Virginia, to Limestone, Kentucky. Recounting Ebenezer Zane's path 225 years later Skip to ...
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ZANESVILLE − The Zane’s Trace Commemoration kicks off at noon Friday. The three-day event includes a parade, educational history showcases, crafters and exhibits, commercial displays ...
Colonel Ebenezer Zane (for whom Zanesville, Ohio was named) blazed some of the first trails across the Ohio wilderness in the last years of the 18th century. Zane's Trace, as his road was called, stretched from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Maysville, Kentucky. With some minor alignment differences, US 40 closely matches the segment from Wheeling ...
Ebenezer Zane was the namesake of Zane's Trace, commemorated on stone trail marker at National Road Museum in Norwich, Ohio.. Ebenezer Zane (October 7, 1747 – November 19, 1811) was an American pioneer, soldier, politician, road builder and land speculator.